Job Description
Support Worker - £13.15 per hour
Hounslow
Are You Ready to Make a Difference Every Day?
Are you searching for a role where you can truly transform lives and find genuine job satisfaction?
Join Dimensions as a Support Worker and become part of a close-knit team that enables seven wonderful individuals with learning disabilities to lead independent, fulfilling lives in Hounslow.
We’re looking for proactive, energetic, caring, and engaging individuals to join our team supporting four ladies and three gentlemen with both physical and learning disabilities. These amazing individuals love socializing and enjoy activities like cinema trips, music therapy, dancing, shopping, swimming, and more!
What’s in it for you?
- No prior experience in Health and Social Care needed—full training provided.
- Full-time 37.5 hours and part-time 22.5 hours positions available.
- Shift Patterns - These can vary to work around the people we support. You will need to be flexible, including working alternate weekends.
- The opportunity to work in a friendly, supportive environment, where every day is rewarding.
Your Role as a Support Worker:
- Providing personal care and helping with daily activities.
- Assisting with cooking, housework, and laundry.
- Supporting participation in activities such as music therapy, swimming, day trips, and visits to places of worship.
- Helping maintain relationships by supporting visits with family and friends.
- Administering medication when required.
This is your chance to make a positive impact in the lives of seven incredible individuals while being part of a team that truly cares.
Location - Hounslow over ground station is a 10/15-minute walk and West Hounslow tube station, Piccadilly line is a 10-minute walk. The main road has numerous bus routes as it's on the main road to Heathrow Airport. As it is only a 2-3 minute walk to Hounslow High Street there are plenty of cafes, pubs and food outlets nearby.
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 6 years in a row!
Your rewards
- A competitive payrate with uplift for overtime you chose to work
- 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays – pro rata)
- Opportunities for career progression
- High Street Discounts – Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.)
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Advance from salary finance
- Industry leading training
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
Apply now
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
- We welcome applications from everyone who hold the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce
- As Disability Confident Leaders , we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees
- As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
- We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.
- Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
Dimensions is a national social care company and we are proud to have been recognised as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute three years in a row.
As one of the country’s largest not-for-profits supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, behaviours of distress, and complex needs, we are driven by our values. People with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do and we want every person we support to have a great life, with excellent outcomes.
Dimensions has hundreds of services across England and Wales and have over 5000 colleagues supporting more than 2,500 people.
Our head office is based in Theale (Reading), however since the pandemic all business support staff now work from home, with access to work in shared workspaces.
We are always working to improve standards – our own and across the sector. Dimensions was one of the pioneers of personalised support, showing how it works in practice, and enabling thousands of people to have greater choice and control. We continue to be innovative in our approach, and our Strategy for 2025 outlines our commitment to becoming a leader in our sector.